Because of rising energy prices, almost everyone is trying to save electricity in some way.
For this reason, employees in some workplaces have already been banned from charging their phones, according to From the telex article. The paper calculated exactly the cost of charging the phone.
This is how much it costs to charge a phone at current energy prices
According to Telex, there are more and more rumors about workers being prevented from charging their phones in some ministries, companies and offices. The police, for example, have already issued this as an instruction.
The newspaper investigated how much companies could save with the move and how much mobile phone charging would cost.
Judging by the information on the MVM website, 1 kWh of electricity is enough for an average of 100 mobile fillings. This means that one charge requires 0.01 kWh of electricity. This question was also asked on the Quora forum, where one respondent also came to the same conclusion.
However, Telex warns that these sources calculate with a battery capacity of 2,200 mAh, but today’s smartphones use up to twice that, so it’s better to count with 0.02 kWh.
A kilowatt-hour of electricity costs 36 forints without extra expenses and 70 fort plus the average consumption. In the case of non-resident consumers, according to EON, this could be a minimum of HUF 58 and a maximum of HUF 182, they write.
Accordingly, to calculate the worst case of all, during peak hours, including VAT, charging a fully discharged phone in the workplace costs 3 fort 62 fils, and at home 72 fils.
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